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See below for English description. Tali vit dans l'appartement d'Oma, car une tempete a demoli sa maison. Elle est triste d'avoir tout perdu. « Des gens ont survecu a pire que ca, Tali », lui rappelle sa mere. Oma a vecu la Deuxieme Guerre mondiale, mais elle n'en parle jamais. Cette nuit-la, Oma raconte a Tali comment elle a survecu a l'Holocauste. Elle lui offre la breloque en laiton qu'elle a recue dans les camps et lui livre un message de perseverance face au desespoir des moments sombres. Ce magnifique album illustre, inspire de l'histoire vraie de la mere de l'auteure Monique Polak, nous inspire a trouver l'espoir et la gentillesse dans l'adversite. Tali is staying at her Oma's apartment after a storm demolishes her house. She is upset at losing everything. ""People have survived worse,"" says her mother -- Oma survived World War Two, and never speaks of it. That night, Tali's Oma shares her story of Holocaust survival, the brass monkey charm that she was given in the camp, and a message of perseverance in the face of disaster. Inspired by the true story of author Monique Polak's mother, this beautiful picture book explores finding hope and kindness in the face of adversity. Original title: The Brass Charm

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MONIQUE POLAK ecrit regulierement pour le Montreal Gazette et a ete publiee dans de nombreux autres quotidiens de renom tels que le Globe and Mail, le National Post et Newsday. Dans la collection SideStreets, elle a ecrit All In et On the Game, ainsi que Flip Turn pour la collection Sports Stories. D'ailleurs, ces deux derniers ouvrages ont figure sur la liste des meilleurs livres pour enfants du Centre du livre jeunesse canadien. Monique enseigne l'ecriture ainsi que la litterature anglaise. Elle vit a Montreal, au Quebec, avec son mari et sa fille. MONIQUE POLAK is a regular contributor to the Montreal Gazette and has been published in many other major publications such as the Globe and Mail, National Post, and Newsday. She is also the author of the Sports Stories novel Flip Turn, a Canadian Children's Centre Our Choice selection, and the SideStreets novels All In and On the Game, which was also an Our Choice selection. She lives in Montreal, Quebec with her husband and daughter, and teaches writing and English Literature. MARIE LAFRANCE est nee a Quebec. Apres des etudes en graphisme et un long sejour aux Etats-Unis, elle decide de se consacrer a l'illustration. Ses oeuvres lui ont valu des nominations au prix du Gouverneur general et elle a remporte le Prix Ruth et Sylvia Schwartz de litterature jeunesse pour le livre Une poule pour Izzy Pippik qu'elle a illustre. Marie vit a Montreal. MARIE LAFRANCE has spent her whole life drawing pictures, at first to keep from biting her nails, then for magazines, newspapers, posters, billboards and board games. Now she illustrates picture books, including The Lady with the Books, Oscar Lives Next Door (Mon voisin Oscar), and Bunny the Brave War Horse (Bunny, cheval de guerre). Her book A Hen for Izzy Pippik (Une poule pour Izzy Pippik) won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award. Marie lives in Montreal, Quebec.

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